Mockingbird Don't Sing
The power of the human spirit is unspeakable.
From the age of one and a half years to thirteen, Katie (Tarra Steele), was imprisoned by her mentally deluded parents. She was locked in a room, tied and immobile & bound to a "potty-chair" where she endured years of isolated silence punctuated by brutality. When her case finally came to public attention she was moved to a hospital in Los Angeles, where it was discovered she had never been taught to speak. She was incapable of understanding any language. She was a modern day Wild Child. With this heartbreaking story, the world was introduced to a fragile, beautiful teenage who behaved like an infant. Medical and psychological doctors descended on the girl in droves, often with their own selfish motives. Instead of being helpful, the experts often hurt her even more. With stunning care to detail Mockingbird Don't Sing tells Katie's story of imprisonment, discovery and her difficult road to joining the human family as a beautiful young woman.
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Movie Don't Sing - Fudgeflaps
This is an example of how not to make a movie: take a good idea then turn it into something so dull that it makes you want to go to sleep. Whoever is behind this movie must be one stodgy geezer. And that's a shame because he wasted a rare opportunity.
This is the story of a young girl who was isolated throughout her childhood and how she slowly learned to fit into society and the doctors who seemed to have too much interest in her for her own good.
Too bad it is not a more spirited production.Mockingbird don't sing...excellent! - pe2nia
This movie is hard to watch. It touched on subject matters that no one should ever have to see. I am a child development major at the University of Guelph and came across this movie when taking a class about child rights. I would recommend this movie to anybody who is in childcare and child rearing as a carreer. The documentary on the DVD is just as important to watch as the movie itself, however I would recommend that you watch the video forst as the documentary about the real story may not make as much sense. Again this movie is more of an informative tool and isnt one that you can rate as a good or bad movie because of this. I would give it 5 stars however since it is so well put together and fascinating to see her progress throughout the movie.
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Movie Don't Sing - Fudgeflaps
This is an example of how not to make a movie: take a good idea then turn it into something so dull that it makes you want to go to sleep. Whoever is behind this movie must be one stodgy geezer. And that's a shame because he wasted a rare opportunity.
This ...Mockingbird don't sing...excellent! - pe2nia
This movie is hard to watch. It touched on subject matters that no one should ever have to see. I am a child development major at the University of Guelph and came across this movie when taking a class about child rights. I would recommend this movie to ...